I was fucked off at spending 30 quid a week just waste my life away...
Well, to be fair, its more the health side of it, plus standing outside in the freezing cold, made me feel a mug really

Gave up.. last puff on a ciggy was new years day at 5am gone cold turkey and so far so good.. Fucking gagging tho as I've just had a meal Anyone else with me on this one??

 

Keep at it mate, I gave up 2years ago and never looked back....feckin disgustin too, it's all about self control !!

 

yeah I tried before mate.. went 3 weeks until I went to the pub self control went out of the window

really going to stick at it this time.. when does it get a bit easier? guess its different for different people...

 

I've got NO self control and can't do it. Tried countless times to quit, can't do it. Stressfull job, long hours sitting in traffic, etc etc... Would love to give it up if just for the money (£45 a week ) but can't do it

 

i stopped 9 months ago and havnt touched one!!!!!!!!!

 

Thrush.. stop being such a pussy.. you obviously dont want to give up that much.. I work long hours, so thats no excuse..

just think, your'll be saving over £2000 a year ... loser

 

Good luck Westy.. I packed up 1st April 2007 cold turkey. Like yourself i was fucked off spending 30quid a week on snouts!

having smoked for the last 13 years 10-20 a day i didn't think i would last a day! But i decided to give it a shot and 9 months later still off them....

first month is the hardest, you've got be strong and want to quit or you'll fail. All these posters about saving money and shit is bollox.... You spend it on other things, trust me....

the worst time is down the pub, but with the smoking ban you can be all warn and cosy without having to go outside in the fuckin freezing cold for a smoke..

Good luck

 

many thanks Smit.. and congratulations mate.. Cant have been easy..!

Just wish I never started.. but this time I mean it.. stopping for good..

 

Me and the missus quit 6 years ago COLD TURKEY.With us what worked is chewing gum,not nicotine gum,just normal wriggleys extra.

Just don't replace fags for food.I put on 2 stone when i quit.

Don't miss it one bit.I just have a BIG CUBAN CIGAR every christmas now.

 

I didn't say it had anything to do with working long hours. *One* reason I like to smoke is it's a relief from a stressfull job I work in. *One* other reason is I spend many hours a day sat in traffic doing fuck all, and smoking helps there. Another reason is I LIKE to smoke! Even tho I think it's a disgusting habit Work that out

And yes I would love to save £2k a year - nice holiday that would pay for, and yes I am a loser - but fuck it, such is life....

 

I dont think I was really ever addicted as I found it pretty easy to stop, I stopped 2 days after xmas 2006 and the hardest time was new years eve in a house party but I stuck to my guns! I hate the smell of it but still odly get a notion for one if I find myself in situations where i'd normally light up, like letting the dog out for a piss on the doorstep on a cold night etc...after a pint/cuppa T...jus try an break the routine, DONT buy any, that helps ALLOT...as if you dont have any then you cant smoke them! DONT go out with your mates etc when they go for a smoke in the pub or whatever. It gets easier!

 

Westy mate, Lick an ashtray.. My mate hasn't touched a fag since 2003 because he done that.... try it

 

ours is taking it easy, we have been working like cunts and then needing to play like cunts.

no going out for a month.

 

eat healthy keep fit die any way

 

get fit, but i do get bored in the gym within 5 mins

 

Go with a friend, I find it helps alot.

 

you training WRONG then mate im afraid

i go gym 4 times a week,,,,, i left today when i couldnt bench press 15kg each side for more than 4 reps

change the way your training and you can be working out for 3 hours no problems

i get to the gym at 630 and LEAVE at 945

having someone into it helps alot aswell

 

I had a gulp from an ashtray topped up with beer, and still have the odd fag. To be honest its not the taste of ashwater, its getting it out your teeth thats harder

Have been known to drink friends piss aswel so maybe im just screwed in general

 

Ginge ! Do you have any tips? I find when I go the gym I tell myself I will go downstairs to the equipment but I always end up in the pool area relaxing. It's so hard when there's a door and one is heaven and one is hell. When I would like going the gym to be heaven.

Benni.

 

but even when i do do it right i still get bored like if somebody says do 50 press ups id do 40 cos im bored

 

start rowing,, then cycle then run for a bit,, THATS hard to do but when you warmed up its easier

then find a machine or a weight thats heavyish,, try it then go down,,,,, then after a while when you can lift 1 HEAVIER than that you will get a buzz

i find sundays i cant get into it..... hard to lift weights as i go early and need to wake up so i stick at it with lighter weights till i get more alert then get into it

when you are in PAIN,,,, and is stretching and you see your all swollen up you will look forward to the next time

ALWAYS go "pamper" yourself after training in the steamroom/sauna

i was like you,,,,, started back at the gym just over a year ago,,,, couldnt get into it as my mate was benching 45 to 50kg each side and i couldnt stop the bar fucking moving,, couldnt balance it unless i was 10kg each side

then one day after fucking about with the machines and lifting them, then doing curls i went and lifted 80kg on the chest press machine by accident,,,,,, but i lifted it and before i was struggling to lift 45kg on it

i went to the bar and lifted 25kg and done 8 reps,,,,,, ALMOST but no quite touching my chest

i got a sence of achivement and NOW,,,,, well im benching 40kg to my chest and u managed to lift 50kg each side and get it half way down for 6 reps though i cant do more than 2 reps almost touching my chest

on the chest machine we are BOTH now adding 40kg EXTRA weights to the machine and people stare at us and cant lift the 140kg on the machine,,,,,,, its a sort of arogance or just attention

either way its a buzz in the gym and we get along with everyone there,,,, where before i was just a weak fat cunt,,, now im looked at as a big strong guy,,,,,, nobody cares im a fat cunt still

 

Thanks Ginge, Can I ask how many days a week you go?

 

 

sunday from 11:30 till 1 then kick boxing till 3 then another half hour of weights and we leave the gym at 430ish

monday from 630,,,,,, i warm up for around 20mins so i get there half hour before anyone else so i warm up properly due to my shoulder and back problems.... then leave at 930 to get changed on average

then the same wednesday adn thursday

4 days a week but a min of 2 hours training a day so 8 hours a week

 

and the days i dont train is tuesday (csi night ) friday ( on the piss) saturday ( time for family)

but when i wasnt going gym i would just be on the pc like i am now

i been gym today and left early as i couldnt lift anything

need to go bed now though as,,,, well i start work at 8am then finish at 6pm and back to the gym

 

How come you couldn't lift mate? Feeling tired?

 

started on 20kg, done 10 reps... then 30 and done 10 reps, then 35 and done 8 reps.. then another 8 reps, then 40 and done 8 reps and another 6 reps then 45 and done sort of 5 reps...... though not on chest then 50 and done 2 good ones and 2 SHITE ones with help

then started doing flat bench on 28kg dunbells lifting like a bar,,, doing 8 of them the going straight onto doing 30kg and trying to do 6 reps

then 32kg dunbell doing 7 reps and then straight back to the bar doing 7 of 20kg

then 36kg dunbells doing ( woth help too as i was wobbly) then trying to lift 20,, couldnt so went to 10 and was light at first then my forearms was burning and then my shoulder

try it,,,,,, it dont sound much but fuck me that hurts

 

I can imagine mate.

 

Looking back at it now i can say it was surprsingly easy once i broke the habit.. It's things like getting into the car, having a smoke... having a beer, having a smoke, having a fuck me great nice meal, having a smoke afterwards...

All things like that which help you along. Also the comment about chewing gum is correct. When i'm at work i chew gum by habit and i think it helps. I was only allowed to smoke at work at breaktimes so when i was on the plant i chewed gum even before i packed up. That's a habit i really don't mind

Also weight gain is another thing which has effected me... Now... I'm a bit of a skinny motherfucker (understatement) BUT 5 months after quitting i put on 18% more bodyweight I wasn't eating that much more but suddenly had this massive gut which i only usually had a christmas. I do a bit of walking now instead of driving round friends etc and that's help me to lose about 10% of what i put on... I feel a lot healther for myself and i'm really glad a gave up when i did About 95% of my friends smoke like fuck and being a non-smoker now they absolutely fuckin STINK!!! when i picked 2 of them up last weekend for a night out as soon as they sat in my car all i smelt was smoke.. it STUNK!!!!! And to make matters worse thinking about it i smelt like that too! What a put off to others...

In 2 weeks time i'm having my first proper healthcheck at work. They test all the usual stuff including lung function. My nurse said i'm due a 30-45% increase in lung function... I will post the results when i have the test later on in the month

 

I cant have a cuppa in the morning now as it makes me go fucking mental for a cig..

still not smoked but been at work all day so hasnt been that difficult... craving big time now..! its really sad actually.. all this over some shitty cancer sticks

Whack the results up once known Smit...



Benni, fuck off back to the muppet room.. who let you out...!!!!

 

I dont make new years resolutions as I always break em!

I dont want to stop smoking and I dont want to stop drinking!! Just make more effort to go the gym and be healthy!!!!

 

"You spend it on other things, trust me...."

Completly agree with what Smit's said... I cannot see how the fook I lived smoking 20-40 fags a day costing £35 a week est. Im buying more DVD's, etc and had all the top games consoles (Wii, XB360, PS3, Nintendo DS) as "I can" now lol. If I don't buy anything something always seems to use the money I now save??

I gave up in May 2007 and am glad to say I have not had one since Went to the Doctors and asked for help (Patches are £7 for 3 weeks on NHS and £20-£30 per pack otherwise). I wasn't 100% confident in giving up, but it was "My time" as I thought about it for a while! Doctor told me to come day on XX day and have 1 last fag the night before, but make it a bad experience (i.e. tag deep breathes making you cough). I smoked 3 fags one after another

Went to the Doctors with me 1st patch on and she was happy so far. Booked in an appointment for 7days time. It was hard the first week as it felt like I should be outside smoking all the time. Was hard to break the habit and remember "Ive given up" lol I had 6 fags odd left in the "Last box", which me Mrs hid from me.

After the 1st week I asked for the patches to be reduced, but the Doc said I have to be on the for 4 weeks. Then 2nd and 3rd stages for 4 weeks each. I agreed and got another prescription. Upon the 2nd visit everything was going fine, the habits were easing off.

During the 3rd week I was ill and missed my Doc appointment. The patches were making me more dizzy and sick feeling (Too much Nicotine ntake), so I cut the patches in half. Missed my 4th appointment as the Doc was on holiday. One day my patch fell off and I was soooooo moody and wante a fag. Got a new patch and a few days later I my patch fell off again, so I left it off. I haven't used a patch since

The Doc phoned 2 weeks later asking how I was going and I explained the story. She said she had never have someone give up completly that quickly (Obviously there are people), so made me feel rpoud to of beaten it!!!

Ive put on loads of weight tho Need to get down the gym...

Good luck mate